Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Android Market's most popular emulators disappear without a trace (update)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/29/android-markets-most-popular-emulators-disappear-without-a-trac/http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/29/android-markets-most-popular-emulators-disappear-without-a-trac/http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/29/android-markets-most-popular-emulators-disappear-without-a-trac/#comments If you're an Android gamer, chances are you've heard of Nesoid, Snesoid, Gensoid, N64oid, Ataroid, Gearoid and Gameboid: they're all video game console emulators developed by yongzh, and many ranked among the most popular paid apps on the Android Market. This week, they've got something else in common, too -- they've all been abruptly removed. Following a complaint from Sega, two emulators were nixed late last month, but we're hearing that Google has since revoked yongzh's developer privileges, just like PSX4Droid comrade-in-arms ZodTTD. We're currently reaching out to both yongzh and Google for comment, and hope to hear back soon, but it's looking like a bleak week for the emulation community.

Update: We got in touch with yongzh (or Yong Zhang, as he's known in real life) to discuss the matter, and he confirms that his developer account has been removed and his apps pulled without warning -- cutting off his primary source of income and leaving him with an inbox stuffed with worried email from customers. He has, however, already migrated a number of emulators to third-party app store SlideME, where they'll be free for a while, allowing existing customers to get updates without paying a second time, and likely helping a number of new individuals to mooch off his troubles. He's not too optimistic about his prospects at SlideME, though.

Android Market's most popular emulators disappear without a trace (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 May 2011 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Android MarketAndroidMarketappapp storeapp store rejectionappsAppStoreAppStoreRejectionAtaroidemulationemulatoremulatorsGameboidGensoidGoogleN64oidNesoidSegaSnesoidYong ZhangyongzhYongZhangZodTTDSun, 29 May 2011 12:10:00 EST<![CDATA[ZodTTD makes PSX4Droid 3.0 free, claims Google booted him from Android Market]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/zodttd-makes-psx4droid-3-0-free-claims-google-booted-him-from-a/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/zodttd-makes-psx4droid-3-0-free-claims-google-booted-him-from-a/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/zodttd-makes-psx4droid-3-0-free-claims-google-booted-him-from-a/#comments It's been one week since Google pulled the PSX4Droid emulator from the Android Market without warning, and today its lead developer has decided to take a stand -- ZodTTD's made a new version of the app free of charge, and is hosting it at his personal website as a downloadable APK. He now claims that not only did Google pull his app, the company has frozen his developer accounts, effectively restricting his ability to publish to (and profit from) the Android Market until this gets sorted out. We can't confirm his story at this point -- and we hear things may not be quite as cut-and-dried as he claims -- but we can tell you that if you happen to have a legally-obtained PlayStation BIOS and ROMs sitting around, you're only a few clicks away from being able to use them on your Android phone. Not a bad deal, eh?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

ZodTTD makes PSX4Droid 3.0 free, claims Google booted him from Android Market originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Here's a super generic statement we just received from Google regarding this matter:
"We remove apps from Android Market that violate our policies."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidandroid marketAndroidMarketappapp removalAppRemovalcontent policy violationContentPolicyViolationemulatorgame emulatorGameEmulatorgaminggoogleplaystationplaystation 1playstation xPlaystation1PlaystationXpsx4droidscesonySony Computer Entertainmentsony ericssonSonyComputerEntertainmentSonyEricssonxperiaxperia playXperiaPlayZodttdWed, 30 Mar 2011 22:16:00 EST<![CDATA[PSX4Droid brings spiky-haired protagonists to your Googlephone (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/psx4droid-brings-spiky-haired-protagonists-to-your-googlephone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/psx4droid-brings-spiky-haired-protagonists-to-your-googlephone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/psx4droid-brings-spiky-haired-protagonists-to-your-googlephone/#comments The HTC HD2 did it, and so did the iPhone 3GS (assuming you jailbroke), but now you can get your blocky amnesiac ex-SOLDIER action on Android courtesy of ZodTTD and yongzh. Their PSX4Droid app just launched on the Android Market for $5.99, and -- despite a few glitches -- it emulates PlayStation games like a charm, complete with multiple scaling modes and save states. Watch a Galaxy S rock the likes of Final Fantasy VII and Ridge Racer after the break, plus Crash Bandicoot on a Nexus One and some paired Wiimote action with a Dell Streak. Then, challenge yourself to adhere to intellectual property law instead of immediately hunting down ROMs and a BIOS file. We dare you.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AndroidAndroid OSAndroidOsemulationemulatorPlayStationPS1PSXpsx4droidSony PlayStationSonyPlaystationvideoyongzhZodTTDSun, 25 Jul 2010 15:35:00 EST<![CDATA[PlayStation emulator coming to Android, courtesy of yongzh and ZodTTD]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/playstation-emulator-coming-to-android-courtesy-of-yongzh-and-z/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/playstation-emulator-coming-to-android-courtesy-of-yongzh-and-z/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/playstation-emulator-coming-to-android-courtesy-of-yongzh-and-z/#comments If you don't know the names yongzh and ZodTTD, you can certainly be forgiven, but they're basically the cell phone emulation dream team -- where the former has been cranking out high-quality Nintendo and Sega emulators for Android, the latter is the one who brought PSX to iPhone, iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. Today, we hear they're collaborating on a PSX emulator for Android that's running faster than the 3GS version -- before Froyo's even factored into the equation -- and that when his domination over the PSX is complete, ZodTTD intends to begin work on an Nintendo 64 emulator for Android, and then VLC. Without letting our enthusiasm get the better of us, let's just say it's an exciting time to be an Android owner, to say the least.

PlayStation emulator coming to Android, courtesy of yongzh and ZodTTD originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AndroidAndroid OSAndroidOsemulationemulatoremulatorsN64N64 emulatorN64EmulatorPlayStationPSXPSX emulatorPsxEmulatorVLCyongzhZodTTDFri, 04 Jun 2010 21:51:00 EST<![CDATA[SNES Mario Kart power slides onto (non-jailbroken) iPad? (Update)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/snes-mario-kart-power-slides-onto-non-jailbroken-ipad/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/snes-mario-kart-power-slides-onto-non-jailbroken-ipad/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/snes-mario-kart-power-slides-onto-non-jailbroken-ipad/#comments You're looking at Super Mario Kart, running on the Apple iPad, courtesy of emulation guru ZodTTD. When do you get to play it, faithful reader? Hard to tell. If, say, the iPad had already been jailbroken, all you'd need to do is wait for a suitably safe jailbreak method, download RockApp or Cydia, grab the snes4iphone emulator you see running above, and fire up the ROM. However, the intriguing thing about the above video is not that it's running an SNES game -- but that ZodTTD claims he compiled a special version of his snes4iphone emulator "specifically for non-jailbroken iDevices." Since Zod is almost certainly an official developer, it's possible he output the emulator as an .ipa file and is testing it on a fresh iPad using Apple developer tools, but if we're lucky, it could instead mean that someone has finally found a way to sideload apps onto a stock Apple device. Either way, peep multitouch karts sliding and shells flying on video, right after the break.

Update: ZodTTD tells us that while he does have access to the jailbreak, he did have to flex developer muscle (and official dev tools) to make snes4iphone work on a non-jailbroken iPad. He says:
The build of snes4iphone running on my iPad as seen in the video was actually based on an AppStore app I submitted called "snesty". Apple quickly rejected it right after pulling the NES emulator. I combined snesty with some snes4iphone features such as using the private API called CoreSurface. I used Apple developer tools and self signed it.
Zod says that after Apple officially releases iPhone OS 4.0 and the existing jailbreak is distributed freely, he plans to create new versions of his emulators that run at the iPad's 1024 x 768 native resolution and support touchscreen controls, hardware keyboards and even external controllers should they come.

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SNES Mario Kart power slides onto (non-jailbroken) iPad? (Update) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AppleApple iPadAppleIpadCydiaemulationemulatoremulatorshackipadjailbreakMario KartMarioKartRockappsideloadsideloadedsideloadingSNESSuper Mario KartSuperMarioKartZodTTDWed, 07 Apr 2010 01:21:00 EST<![CDATA[Latest iControlPad prototype bulks up, gets handled on video]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/latest-icontrolpad-prototype-bulks-up-gets-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/latest-icontrolpad-prototype-bulks-up-gets-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/latest-icontrolpad-prototype-bulks-up-gets-handled-on-video/#comments It's been a while since we last got an update from ZodTTD on his iControlPad iPhone controller accessory, but this latest prototype looks like it was worth the wait. The controls have been moved from the sides of the phone to a more comfortable-seeming bottom placement with dual analog sticks and rear-mounted triggers, and the whole thing's gotten bigger and badder -- there's even an internal battery for charging your phone as you play. ZodTTD says actual shipping hardware is coming soon -- just make sure you change that default root password if you decide to jailbreak and grab one, mkay?

P.S.- ZodTTD says another video featuring psx4iphone and a "pretty sweet Wipeout XL demo" is coming shortly on his YouTube channel, we'll keep you updated.

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If you're familiar with the emulation scene (and let's be honest, you are reading Engadget), then you know the name ZodTTD -- the brain behind some of the best jailbroken emus for the iPhone, including variations on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, and most importantly... the TurboGrafx-16. Now the master-hacker has brought his goods to the Pre, cooking up a version of psx4all on the Palm device, with the aforementioned GBA and TG16 ports on the way! Interestingly, he reports that the performance on the Pre is actually better than that of the iPhone 3GS, and of course he's hacked access to the keyboard, allowing for (more) proper control of games. There are still kinks that are being worked out (sound emulation, screen scaling, etc.), but it looks like we can expect big things in the near future. We at Engadget know everyone will rest a bit easier tonight knowing that real gaming on the Pre is at hand. We'll hopefully be getting our hands on a version soon, but for now hit the read link for more info, and check out the full video after the break!

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The Pre gets PlayStation gaming and more thanks to ZodTTD (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're familiar with the emulation scene (and let's be honest, you are reading Engadget), then you know the name ZodTTD -- the brain behind some of the best jailbroken emus for the iPhone, including variations on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, and most importantly... the TurboGrafx-16. Now the master-hacker has brought his goods to the Pre, cooking up a version of psx4all on the Palm device, with the aforementioned GBA and TG16 ports on the way! Interestingly, he reports that the performance on the Pre is actually better than that of the iPhone 3GS, and of course he's hacked access to the keyboard, allowing for (more) proper control of games. There are still kinks that are being worked out (sound emulation, screen scaling, etc.), but it looks like we can expect big things in the near future. We at Engadget know everyone will rest a bit easier tonight knowing that real gaming on the Pre is at hand. We'll hopefully be getting our hands on a version soon, but for now hit the read link for more info, and check out the full video after the break!

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iControlPad gamepad frags demons on camera originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Finally, the ultimate dream of all iPhone owners has come to pass: TurboGrafx-16 emulation. Thanks once again to the massive talents at ZodTTD, Apple's phone has gotten another piece of the emulator puzzle in the form of Temper4iphone, a fully functioning recreation of everyone's favorite under-performing game console. The app can play both TurboGrafx and PC-Engine games, as well as CD-based ROMs. Right now the software is only available to beta testers (and donation-makers), though it's expected to hit wide release soon. Check the video after the break and see for yourself.

[Via Joystiq]

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TurboGrafx-16 emulation hits the iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Finally, the ultimate dream of all iPhone owners has come to pass: TurboGrafx-16 emulation. Thanks once again to the massive talents at ZodTTD, Apple's phone has gotten another piece of the emulator puzzle in the form of Temper4iphone, a fully functioning recreation of everyone's favorite under-performing game console. The app can play both TurboGrafx and PC-Engine games, as well as CD-based ROMs. Right now the software is only available to beta testers (and donation-makers), though it's expected to hit wide release soon. Check the video after the break and see for yourself.

[Via Joystiq]

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[Via pspsps]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleemulationiphoneipodmobileplaystationpsx4allpsx4iphonezodttdWed, 12 Dec 2007 10:31:00 EST<![CDATA[PlayStation emulation coming to iPhone via psx4iphone]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/playstation-emulation-coming-to-iphone-via-psx4iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/playstation-emulation-coming-to-iphone-via-psx4iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/playstation-emulation-coming-to-iphone-via-psx4iphone/#comments Those of you who have already loaded up like 1,000 NES ROMs on your iPhone will be excited to learn that an even more powerful emulator is on the horizon, this one for the original PlayStation. Called psx4iphone, and currently in pre-beta, the software is being developed by ZodTTD, the same programmer responsible for the gpSPhone GameBoy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch. According to ZodTTD, if enough people donate, the program could be out within days, complete with sound implementation and memory card support, along with compatibility for a claimed 75% of titles. Still, we've played with the DualShock a time or two before, and considering how difficult FPSEce playback is on Windows Mobile devices with full QWERTY keyboards, we're not sure how well all those buttons, triggers, D-pads, and analog sticks will translate to the touchscreen experience.

[Via pspsps]

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